HEADLINES FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ
1. ASSAD OVERRUNS REBEL BASTION IN HOMS; EVIDENCE OF MASS MURDER OF CIVILIANS
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2. OBAMA: WE WILL NOT COUNTENANCE NUCLEAR IRAN
Today: Peres to address AIPAC and say that he has full confidence in US President.
MA’ARIV
1. Homs, Syria: 700 killed in one month, executions in the streets and blocking aid to the wounded.
AND THE WORLD REMAINS SILENT
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2. Iranian nuclear issue:
TODAY: OBAMA AIPAC SPEECH, TOMORROW MEETING WITH NETANYAHU
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Today: Comptroller’s preliminary report on Harpaz affair.
PREPARING FOR THE BLOW
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YISRAEL HAYOM
1. Peres to make it clear to AIPAC: „If we are forced to defend our existence, we will prevail.”
EITHER THEY STOP OR THEY WILL BE ATTACKED That is the main message that Netanyahu wants to agree on with the US President in their decisive meeting on the Iranian issue. Obama, who will also address AIPAC, reassures: „I’m not bluffing, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.” Cornerstone of disagreement: „Red lines.”
WALLA!
1. LEVEL OF SEA OF GALILEE CONTINUES TO RISE: 1.5 METERS SINCE START OF WINTER
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2. PERES TO MEET OBAMA: „GIVE SANCTIONS MORE TIME.”
Before today’s meeting with US President, President Peres expressed his hope that economic pressure on Iran would bear fruit. If sanctions do not work, Peres says, „All options are on the table.”
NANA10
1. REPORT: NETANYAHU TO PRESENT OBAMA WITH ULTIMATUM
– WE WILL ATTACK ALONE WITHIN MONTHS
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[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 12:15.]
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SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot comments on the situation in Syria. The author says, „As it seems now, the moment of truth will arrive only in the form of a political solution, i.e. only when the President and his cohorts conclude that it is dangerous to remain in Syria and agree to accept political asylum without being tried,” and notes that Bashar Assad has already spurned several such offers.
Ma’ariv refers to ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ that was recently held on college campuses around the world and contends that, „The international apartheid week was not only mendacious but it enabled those who have genuine contempt for human rights to continue with their actions.” The author asserts that, „When it comes to Israel, the rules are flexible. Thus, educating children to grow up and blow themselves up in public places is not a crime against humanity; neither is using them as human shields. Firing rockets at civilian cities? Also not. Denying the Holocaust or denying the right of Israel and its residents to exist? We can disagree on that too. What can I say to you, opponents of apartheid, wherever you are
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if this is not racism, then I don’t know what is.”
Yisrael Hayom says that both the Israeli and American leaderships, „have stated unequivocally that a nuclear Iran is unacceptable,” and believes, „The argument is over where to draw the red line.” The author suggests that some of the tension between Jerusalem and Washington stems from the fact that, in light of the two nations’ respective capabilities, a purely Israeli attack would have to come much sooner than an American one, given the pace at which Iran is hardening and fortifying its nuclear facilities. The paper asserts that if either ally accepts the other’s red line, it will have given up its ability to decide independently when to launch an attack and adds, „This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the controversy.” The author speculates that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would agree to the White House’s desire to give diplomacy one more chance as long as the Prime Minister believes that there is substance to an American threat to use force if talks fail.
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